She sensed that Kristen was in danger, and hurried with her brother Rick o Kristen""s two-story brick house.]The pro-war propaganda filmThe Fall of a Nation (1916), writer/director Thomas Dixon Jr.""s follow-up film to D.W.Griffith""sThe Birth of a Nation, is widely considered to be the first film sequel.[Note: It is a lost film that no one alive has seen.] Dixon, whose 1905 bookThe Clansmanwas the source for Griffith""s 1915 film, sought to capitalize on the film""s financial success by writing and publishing a new novel in 1916 titled The Fall of a Nation - he then made it into a film.With eight Academy Award nominations (and two wins): Best Supporting Actor (Heath Ledger posthumously) and Best Sound Editing.Once safely inside the compound and house after repelling the ferocious, attacking bear and securing the outer door, Gandalf told everyone about the rue identity of the bear - the beast was the owner of the house ("That is our host").